Thread by @CryptoAmerican

#KleimanvWright day 12 recap 👀

1. Day 12 was all about Dave Kleiman, some of the witnesses called to the stand knew his medical history very well, others were close friends and business partners of Dave Kleiman

The day started with Dr. McIntyre contuing to lay out Dave's...

2. medical history, the big takeaway here was that Dave was very ill, could not do much physical activity, and needed medical treatment daily.

During the cross-examination of Dave, Plaintiff's lawyer pushed back by saying that even though Dave could not do physical activity...

3. that he was very capable mentally and academically, and that he was often observed working on his computer in the hospital–Plaintiff lawyers tried to make the subtle point that he could have been working on bitcoin from his computer in the hospital.

4. The next witness was Kimon Andreou, one of Dave's closest friends. The main point here was that Andreou knew dave very well and never heard dave talk about #BTC or #bitcoin mining.

In the cross-examination, plaintiff lawyer's pushed back by citing an email from Kimon to Ira..

5. where Kimon said he believed Dave and Craig were the co-creators of bitcoin, but Kimon was adamant that he was speculating on that idea, and that he was never told about it from Dave Kleiman himself.

Carter Conrad, Dave's friend & business partner, was the next witness...

6. Defense lawyers made the argument that Dave knew how to formally/legitimately register a business because he did it with Conrad to create computer forensics LLC.

Conrad said that Dave never mentioned BTC, mining, or a partnership between CSW and Dave in which they...

7. did BTC-related activities.

in cross-examination, plaintiffs tried to make the point that Conrad had seen Dave operating computers from a remote location, implying he could have been operating computers running bitcoin from the hospital.

but in the redirect, defense...

8. lawyers asked Conrad if Dave would have removed his financial debts from his life if he had the ability to.

Conrad said that is always something he struggled with, if Dave had the assets–including BTC–to change his life and remove his debts, he doesn't understand why dave...

9. wouldn't do it. The subtle point was made that Dave may not even have had any bitcoin for this reason.

10. the last witness of the day was David Kuharcik who tuned in via Zoom. Kuharcik was Dave's friend and his accountant.

However, due to Accountant-client privilege...

10. the Defense was not able to unearth any useful information via the Kuharcik Deposition–atleast not yet, Kuharcik will take the stand via Zoom again this morning (day 13)

Conclusion 1/3: The defense is making successfully making the argument that there is...

conclusion 2/3

no evidence that CSW and Dave had a partnership over any BTC-related matters. Dave's closest friends say they never heard Dave talk about BTC or BTC mining.

the plaintiffs are pushing back trying to imply that Dave was capable of working on Bitcoin from...

conclusion 3/3

a remote location, but the jury is half asleep at this point and I'm really not sure what is sticking with them and what isn't